Woman and Elevator

A woman lives in a skyscraper thirty-six floors high and is served by several elevators which stop at each floor going up and down. Each morning she leaves her apartment and goes to one of the elevators. Whichever one she takes is three times more likely to be going up than down. Why?




Similar Riddles

John was driving a bus and got stuck when passing through an underpass. Then came Jacob with a needle and got the bus out of the underpass.

What did the boy do?

Asked by Neha on 30 Mar 2025


The product of three consecutive numbers is 7980.
Then the sum of these consecutive numbers would be?

Asked by Neha on 23 Apr 2025

He digs out tiny caves and stores gold and silver in them. He also built bridges of silver and made crowns of gold. They are the smallest you could imagine. Sooner or later everybody needs his help, yet many people are afraid to let him help them. Who is he?

Asked by Neha on 23 Dec 2025


I have one of the three numbers: 1, 2, or 3 in my mind. I speak only truth. You can ask me just one question for which I will only reply in yes or no or don't know. What question will you ask from me so that you are able to know the number?

I Speak only the Truth

Asked by Neha on 15 May 2023

A word I know,
Six letters contain,
Subtract just one,
And twelve is what remains.

Asked by Neha on 18 Feb 2024

A man was going to bleach his socks because they had gotten muddy the day before. As he was pouring the bleach into the washing machine, he spilt some on the floor. He got some cleaning fluid and mopped it up with a rag. Minutes later he was dead. What killed him?

Asked by Neha on 09 Feb 2024


What can go up a chimney down, but can’t go down a chimney up?

Asked by Neha on 12 Jul 2025

What does this rebus puzzle means ?

Rebus Picture Problem

Asked by Neha on 18 Jul 2023

Can you solve the photo plexer logic ?

Logical Rebus

Asked by Neha on 14 May 2021


They are the five precious gems of an everyday sort and all can be found on a Tennis Court. Who are they?

Asked by Neha on 21 Apr 2024

Hot Articles

Amazing Facts

Word ladder puzzle

The word ladder puzzle was invented by Lewis Carroll, author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.